The Fifth Annual Tackling Domestic Violence and Abuse Conference 2024
Salford Community Stadium 20 November 2024, 9:00am - 4:00pm
8:45am
Delegate Registration and Networking
9:50am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Dr Rebecca Shaw, Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds
10:00am
Domestic Abuse Landscape in the UK – Identifying Priorities for Working with Perpetrators
- Domestic abuse landscape
- Identifying causes, patterns, and hotspots Working with Those Who Cause Harm
- How do we translate data into an effective strategy for working with those who cause harm.
Lisa Wilkie, Head of Domestic Abuse Services, Talk, Listen, Change (TLC)
10:20am
Supporting Children and Young Survivors of Domestic Abuse
- Understanding the impact of domestic abuse on children and young people
- The importance of providing emotional and physical safety
- Coordinating a whole family approach in conjunction with local services and agencies for the best outcomes
DR (hc) Gill Smallwood MBE, Chief Executive, Fortalice
10:40am
Tackling Housing Challenges for Survivors of Domestic Abuse
- Identifying and understanding key housing challenges, and barriers to safe housing that victims and survivors regularly face
- The model that enables victims to stay in their own home
- Building support networks around the victims and survivors
Yasmin Khan, CEO, Staying Put
11:00am
Questions And Answers Session
11:15am
Break and Networking
11:40am
Supporting LGBT+ Victims and Survivors of Domestic Abuse
- What are the challenges that victims of domestic abuse from LGBT+ community are facing?
- Designing support systems that truly respond to these victims and survivors' needs
- Practical tools to incorporate LGBT+ inclusion into your service provision
Gavin Stafford, Advocacy and Support Manager and Carly Cohburn, Senior National Independent Victim Advocate (IVA), Galop
12:00pm
Working With Perpetrators to Disrupt Abuse and Keep the Survivors and Victims Safe
- How do initiatives designed to work with perpetrators can help to disrupt the cycle of violence?
- Collaboration between agencies and service providers
- Addressing barriers to perpetrators seeking help, and creating a culture of change
Cherryl Henry-Leach, CEO, Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse
12:20pm
Addressing Technology-Facilitated Abuse – Keeping Victims Safe
- Understanding technology-facilitated abuse and its impact on victims and survivors
- The importance of tech safety education within vulnerable communities
- Overcoming challenges associated with making perpetrators accountable
Sophie Inkster, Technology-Facilitated Abuse Lead for Lambeth, Refuge
12:40pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch And Networking
1:55pm
Identifying and Supporting ‘Hidden’ Victims of Domestic Abuse – Working with Ethnic Minority Groups
- Understanding unique challenges faced by Black and Asian women in Manchester
- How are their needs overlooked when standard service provision is considered?
- Building resilience and developing skills amongst the affected victim communities
Ayesha Arif, Training and Outreach Lead, Saheli
2:15pm
Lived Experience Session: Accessing Services as an Ethnic Minority
- My experience and history
- Addressing gap in service provision for holistic needs for women who have survived
- Understanding the complexity of multiple factors that affect service accessibility for women from ethnic minority backgrounds
Ciel Newton, Lived Experience Expert and Domestic Abuse Advocate
2:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
2:50pm
Break and Networking
3:15pm
The Power of Peer Mentoring in the Survivors’ Healing Process
- Understanding what peer mentoring is and its benefits
- Addressing gaps in survivors’ service provision
- Evidence of peer mentoring and its positive effect on victims and survivors
Dr Beverley Gilbert, Founding Director Cohort 4 & Senior Lecturer Domestic/Sexual Violence & Criminology, University of Worcester
3:40pm
Final Session: Special Keynote - Challenging Harmful Narratives Around Domestic Abuse
Dr Rebecca Shaw, Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds
4:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close
Dr Rebecca Shaw, Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds